BioShock Review by GamersInfo
In Rapture, science and commerce were allowed to expand and explore unrestricted by government or morality. Ultimately, it was this liberty that led to the city's downfall. When Dr. Tenenbaum, a scientist with a history of questionable morals, discovered a sea slug that could be used to grow stem cells, human evolution in Rapture became as clay to the hands of scientists and a valuable opportunity for profiteers.
The stem cells came to be called "ADAM." When it was combined with other genetic research projects called "plasmids" and a serum called "EVE," it became possible to alter the human body and mind to unlock new potential. Soon, genetically modifying (or "splicing") oneself became as chic as combing grease through one's hair or smoking long cigarettes.
The method of creating ADAM is a bit gruesome. The sea slug that excretes the substance does so most efficiently when living in a symbiotic relationship with a host. Rapture's ethically bankrupt scientists discovered that the best host for the organism was young human girls.
The slugs were surgically implanted into the stomachs of children, who were brainwashed into seeing human corpses as "angels." They were taught to extract used ADAM from the corpses with huge hypodermic syringes. They would then ingest the material, and the slugs in their stomachs would reprocess it into new ADAM. Harvesting the ADAM meant extracting the slug, a procedure in which the host would not survive. These doomed children are known as Little Sisters.
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